Local Matters

John McKittrick, right, with Haden Kose at Mahurangi Rugby Club in 2018. John McKittrick, a long-time supporter of Mahurangi Rugby Club, has been made a...

Painting, puppet-making and collage are just three of the activities on offer at the Foundation Gallery & Arts Hub in Leigh during the school holidays....

The ravaged landscape of war-torn East Timor is a long way from the Hibiscus Coast, but that didn’t stop Red Beach resident Christine Platt from...

A little knitted bear called Barnaby Joe has inspired an Ōrewa writer to publish a children’s book about his adventures during the time of Covid-19....

It was almost a clean sweep of the Zephyr National Championships for hosts Manly Sailing Club. Club member Rod Dawson came in first, followed by...

Plans to build a four-lane access road from the Silverdale motorway interchange into the new Milldale development, via Dairy Flat Highway and Pine Valley Road,...

Construction of the Penlink road and bridge link between Whangaparāoa Peninsula and Redvale is due to start towards the end of this year, however questions...

Enter the Mahurangi Matters’ Mother’s Day competition! Mother’s Day – the day we set aside to say thanks to the special women in our lives...

Gross! Kimiora Wikiriwhi looks suitably disgusted at the activities of Wellsford Library’s resident Yuck Master, aka senior assistant Gene Nicolson. Slime, snot, monsters and poo...

The Mahurangi first XV took two tries in the rugby. Mahu was up against a physical Auckland side. The Mahu boys’ basketball team was much...